-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Football 's world governing body FIFA has provisionally suspended outgoing Executive Committee member Chuck Blazer for 90 days `` based on the fact that various breaches of the Code of Ethics appear to have been committed '' by the American .

The former general secretary of CONCACAF , the body which governs football in North and Central America and the Caribbean , has been barred from taking part in `` any kind of football-related activity '' for a maximum period of 90 days .

The decision was taken by Hans-Joachim Eckert , the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee -- which opened investigation proceedings against Blazer , 68 , in response to a report filed by the CONCACAF Integrity Committee last month .

`` The decision was taken following a request made by the acting deputy chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee , Robert Torres , based on the fact that various breaches of the FIFA Code of Ethics appear to have been committed by Chuck Blazer and that a decision on the main issue could not be taken early enough , '' read a Fifa statement .

The announcement comes less than one week after fellow FIFA executive committee member Vernon Manilal Fernando of Sri Lanka was banned for eight years for unethical behaviour .

The CONCACAF report alleged that Blazer , who has been provisionally banned pending a full disciplinary hearing , received at least $ 15 million in addition to other funds that were used to buy and rent luxury apartments .

Blazer , who has been the most senior American official at FIFA for the last 16 years , had previously said that he will give up his seat on the Executive Committee when his term expires at the end of this month .

He resigned as CONCACAF 's general secretary in 2011 , after serving with the body for 21 years .

In April , the head of CONCACAF 's integrity committee , David Simmons , described Blazer and his former boss , Trinidadian Jack Warner , as being ` fraudulent in their management ' of the continental organization .

The former colleagues fell out in 2011 when Blazer reported Warner and Asian Football Confederation chief Mohamed bin Hammam to FIFA 's Ethics Committee , accusing the duo of trying to bribe Caribbean delegated to support the Qatari bin Hammam in that year 's FIFA presidential election .

Blazer 's accusations led to the downfall of bin Hammam , the resignation of Warner as a FIFA vice president and CONCACAF leader , and sanctions against several Caribbean football officials .

Now however , Blazer finds himself in the dock alongside Warner .

Last month , Simmons accused both men of abusing their `` position and power '' -- with Warner said to have failed to disclose the creation of a $ 25.9 million CONCACAF center of excellence on his land , while Blazer was accused of mismanaging funds .

Both men have denied any wrongdoing .

FIFA has been affected by numerous corruption scandals in recent times , which do not only involve the likes of Warner , Blazer and Manilal .

Last week , former president Joao Havelange - who ruled the organization between 1974 and 1988 - resigned as FIFA 's honorary president after the 96-year-old was ruled to have taken bribes in a report by ethics chairman Eckert .

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FIFA provisionally ban Executive Committee member Chuck Blazer for maximum of 90 days

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Move follows CONCACAF investigation into organization 's former general secretary in April

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American , 68 , had been set to quit FIFA Executive Committee at end of May